King County executive candidates Fred Jarrett and Dow Constantine on Tuesday issued a joint statement saying they are the only two candidates to have been fully open in making public the detailed candidate questionnaires they have submitted to a wide range of constituency groups and organizations. …

Jim McGreevey, who resigned as governor of New Jersey amid revelations of a gay affair in 2004, is now studying to be an Episcopal priest, helping former inmates and counseling other disgraced governors, according to a new report. …

Al Franken, Democrat and former “Saturday Night Live” star, will be Minnesota’s next United States senator. There’s been much talk about Franken’s election giving his party a fillibuster-proof majority. …

It passed the House with the vote of Republican Rep. Dave Reichert, but King County GOP Chair Lori Sotelo is calling on troops to write their senators and demand that they kill a sweeping bill to curb greenhouse gas emissions. …